![]() She is newly thirteen, hollowed out and filled back up with venom and dust-cloud dreams.” Kiera, too, is hungry for new experience, but she will take a shocking path. For Ava, it’s confusing but empowering: “She is Frankenstein’s monster. As is true in many of these stories, in which most of the characters are Black, race is a factor in their relationship but just one part of its complexitiesīoth girls feel themselves changing into something unfamiliar. ![]() It’s told from the point of view of Ava, who is Black Kiera is white, and her parents have doubts about the friendship. ![]() ![]() The title story focuses on the bond - sealed with a blood ritual - between Kiera and Ava, who recognize something wild in each other. Moniz writes powerfully about adolescent girls as they navigate that perilous age. ![]()
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